Fire-extinguishing system.



H1 LE B/GRAY.

FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1912.

' 1 117334, Patented Nov. 1?, 1914.

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H. LE B. GRAY.

FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTLM.

APPLICATION FILED $EPT.14,1912.

. W V a W 7 H m m L FIBE-EXIINGUISHING SYSTEM.

3.3 3311211271021 filed September 14, 15312.

if may concern on it I. llsxrinr Ls ll. Gan, strr. in me county oiMonro? an lion York. have. in ented certain uss ul lioproroinon' is inFire-Exlin 1: arms; and 1 do hereby do l ming to or: a full. clear, and

.n of tho some reference hoto the accompanying dra 'ing.:, a part thisspecification. and to numerals marked tliisreon. ion has for its objectto provide rrangoinen't of fire extinguishing appara us of hhat classknown as automatic 'alrlsr svsioms, and in .connoocion thoror 'itzi itCODSlP-l of an arrangement or disls and thermostatic controlling sodrslatirely thereto in a room =o whsrehv r. conflogration origionslocality may be checked by of water sinmltaneouslr from nlor hoodnearest to the fire and i. "1 sprinlrorhsads at one. or more the pointit which the conllagra- To these and other ends the Lotion so sts incertain improve IZIQl'llS and ooinhinations of parts all as \i'ill he hcinu'i'tsr more fully described. foaturcsosing; poin od out thespecification. 1 is a sectional r or a room or inclosure showing ineletion an apparatus illustrating one omoo iiincni of my invention; 2-is a verticross seclionzil view taken on the line 9" of Fig. .i: Fifi. 3a horizontal soclnal or; on the line EE 3 of Fig. l, the mra'cnsspprarinoj in plan; Fig. l is a 1 New sho ing ono of the relief ralvcsthe thermostatic mechanism for oporit; is a detail sectional View, onepart of the thermostatic switcn Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic illustrzp 11showing the arrangement of the valve ooeratis slscrro-magnets and thethermosriitoh contact controlling them; and 's a. diagrammatic viewillustrating 'lied arrangement or controlling any one of a plurality ofelecr'ersnco numerals throughout indicate the same parts.

embodying: my invention, is =dsplo particularly to he used as a meansgoods or stock of more or loss inmhl'a character, which must ,in theSpecification of Le'c'ters Eatent.

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stored in open and have shown it in a form adapted purticulurlr to beused in a room where strips of inflammable material, undergoingtreatment, are suspended in open loops in such :1 Will that ignition or.one point would he quickly imparted to successive loops as it is anarrangement of goods particularly conduotiro to the rapid spread of firefrom one end of a long room or inclosure to the other. The walls of theroom are shown in section and indicated. at 1. the material therein usedonly for purposes of illustration being indicated by 2 and shownsuspended in continuous loops from rails orhaugorgs 2. supported attheir ends on track pieces4 suspsnded from the ceiling 5 of the room byhangers 6.

The sprinkler srslom comprises a plural 1a P. C, D and separalcdeuui-distantly and en'lcndinq across the ceiling of the room, havingdownwardlv exmnding legs as inditatod hr A and A in Fig. 2. which aredisposed on each side 'Wall of the room. The o erhead cross pipes arepro idcd with a plurality oldischarge heads a. 7). 0. 07. 6. dischargingdownwardly. and the side pipes A, A have similar heads a. 0% discharginginwardly. the arrangement of all of said heads oping such that whenWater or other fluid discharged thorc'froni. a 'complo'te water curtainor veil is formed dividing the room or inclosuro into two. three. o moredislinctlr separated sections. according" to the number of cross pipesto which water may be supplied. Anv conven ent arran'rement of pi ing"may be emplorod as will be understood. but for purposes ofilh'istration. I have shown the several cross pipes A... B, eta...connecl'od or the. respective pipes A, 13. D and E with a larger main T.con nected with anv suitable source oi Water supply. In each of thepipes A B. etc., preferably in proxiinitv to the cross pipes providedwith the discharge heads. there is arranged a suitable self-releasingralre mechanism which when tipped will auto Inatically open by thopressure 01 the water v of horizontally disposed cross pipes 28.

lfiI-R"Ch valve having coiipemtive engagement therewith to hold itiwrmaliy ciasedym plumhsy of electromngnets each of; which hassonnection with a locking means and adapted to release the sum-B, Aplurality of circuks each of which includes sewn 11 electromagnetscontrolling a, p1umlin of valves, and a thermostat includerl in vsq insircuib.

3 In a fire extinguishing system, the com-- bmmlmn with a pinmlity ofsprinkling pipes each ada $251 to form a water veil whan discharge" of avalve cnntrolling each whereby a series of wiis of Water may bedischarged simultan00115 at opposite @Dill'fa' 20 wzt'r relation to thecontrolling thc'r'moaim,

HAIRRY LE 5. GEN

(itnesscg 2 G. V/ILLIAM Far-n RUSSELL B. GRMIFH'H.

